different between indecent vs scabrous

English

Etymology

in- +? decent

Adjective

indecent (comparative more indecent, superlative most indecent)

1. offensive to good taste

   Synonyms: distasteful, in bad taste, in poor taste, offensive

2. not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest or unseemly

   Synonyms: immodest, immoral, improper, unseemly

3. (criminal law) Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.

Related terms

• indecency

Translations

Anagrams

• incented

Romanian

Etymology

From French indécent, from Latin indecens.

Adjective

indecent m or n (feminine singular indecent?, masculine plural indecen?i, feminine and neuter plural indecente)

1. indecent

Declension

Related terms

• indecen??

English

Etymology

From Latin scaber (“scabrous, rough; scabby, mangy, itchy”) (from scab? (“to scratch, scrape, abrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *skab?- (“to scratch”)) + English -ous; compare French scabreux, Late Latin scabr?sus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ske?b??s/, /?ska-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?skæb??s/, /?ske?-/
• Hyphenation: sca?brous

Adjective

scabrous (comparative more scabrous, superlative most scabrous)

1. Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.

   Synonyms: scabby, scaly, scurfy; see also Thesaurus:scabby, Thesaurus:rough
2. (figuratively) Disgusting, repellent.

   Synonyms: repulsive, vile; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant
3. (figuratively) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.

   Synonyms: harsh, rough; see also Thesaurus:cacophonous

   • 1693, John Dryden, “The Dedication”, in Juvenal; Persius; John Dryden, [William Congreve, and Nahum Tate], transl., The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], ?OCLC, page xxx:

     [A]s his Verse is ?cabrous, and hobbling, and his Words not every where well cho?en, the purity of Latin being more corrupted, than in the time of Juvenal, and con?equently of Horace, who writ when the Language was in the heighth of its perfection; ?o his diction is hard; his Figures are generally too bold and daring; and his Tropes, particularly his Metaphors, in?ufferably ?train'd.
4. (figuratively) Difficult, thorny, troublesome.
5. (figuratively, chiefly US) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.

Derived terms

• scabrously
• scabrousness

Related terms

• scab
• scaberulous
• scabies

Translations

Further reading

• “scabrous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.